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. Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good /Charles William Eliot. A Pier at Newport. The accompanying profile of the Mt. Desert hills, taken froman island lying about nine miles south of the Mt. Desertshore under Sargent Mountain, fairly illustrates the accuracy. ^T. 17] IN THE BAY OF FUNDY 21 of his boyish work. In another respect this summer modeof life cultivated his natural tendency to an admiring obser-vation of nature. His watchfulness of the weather on theyacht
. Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good /Charles William Eliot. A Pier at Newport. The accompanying profile of the Mt. Desert hills, taken froman island lying about nine miles south of the Mt. Desertshore under Sargent Mountain, fairly illustrates the accuracy. ^T. 17] IN THE BAY OF FUNDY 21 of his boyish work. In another respect this summer modeof life cultivated his natural tendency to an admiring obser-vation of nature. His watchfulness of the weather on theyacht and in camp contributed to the development of hismaturer keen enjoyment of the different aspects of the sky. In 1877 Charles kept the log altogether, and in that yearand often thereafter he was the captain on board, giving allorders concerning destination, navigation, and piloting. InSeptember, 1880, he was captain during a cruise from to Eastport and back to Boston, a cruise during whichhe encountered fogs, storms, the rushing tides of the Bay ofFundy, and heavy seas, but also enjoyed much fine cruise lasted about four weeks. The following extractfrom the log-book will show what the captains responsibili-ties and pleasures were. The yacht had been weather-boundfor two days at Grand Manan in a northeaster : — Sept. 12th. Hauled out from the wharf at
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